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Review of microalgae growth in palm oil mill effluent for lipid production

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Wastewater treatment using microalgae is an eco-friendly process without secondary pollution. During the process, the wastewater produced is reused, which allows efficient nutrient recycling. This review provides constructive information to enable progress of competent technology for microalgae based productions in palm oil mill effluent (POME). The characteristics of POME that will be described in this paper would be a source of pollution in water if discharged directly. Since microalgae have great potential to be isolated and cultivated in POME, previous studies to improve POME based culture media are still limited. Microalgae are highly competent in diminishing CO2 emissions and reducing the organic components in POME. In conclusion, biological treatments by using microalgae discussed in this paper and the lipid production from microalgae biomass can be used as an alternative for energy production. The POME treatment with microalgae may meet the standards or limits before being discharged into the water body.

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    Rosnani Resdi, Jeng Shiun Lim, Chew Tin Lee, Haslenda Hashim, Nadzirah Mohamad & Wai Shin Ho

  2. Department of Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Centre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), Research Institute for Sustainable Environment, Universiti Tteknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Johor, Malaysia

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Resdi, R., Lim, J.S., Kamyab, H. et al. Review of microalgae growth in palm oil mill effluent for lipid production. Clean Techn Environ Policy 18, 2347–2361 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-016-1204-1

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